# 靄

| 靄 | U+9744, &#38724; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9744 |
| ← 靃 [U+9743] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 靅 → [U+9745] |

## Translingual
### Han character

靄 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月卜口女 (MBYRV), four-corner 1062$_7$, composition ⿱⻗謁)
* cloudy sky, haze mist
* calm, peaceful

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42526
* Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 28
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4083, character 3
* Unihan data for U+9744

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 愒 | *kʰaːds, *kʰrads, *kʰrad |
| 馤 | *qaːds |
| 靄 | *qaːds, *qaːd |
| 餲 | *qraːds, *qrads, *ɡaːd, *qaːd |
| 喝 | *qraːds, *qʰoːb, *qʰaːd |
| 揭 | *kʰrads, *ked, *kʰrad, *ɡrad, *kad, *ɡad |
| 偈 | *ɡrads, *ɡrad |
| 猲 | *kʰob, *qʰaːd, *qʰad |
| 葛 | *kaːd |
| 輵 | *kaːd |
| 獦 | *klaːd, *rab |
| 渴 | *kʰaːd, *ɡrad |
| 嵑 | *kʰaːd |
| 暍 | *qʰaːd, *qad |
| 曷 | *ɡaːd |
| 褐 | *ɡaːd |
| 鶡 | *ɡaːd |
| 毼 | *ɡaːd |
| 蝎 | *ɡaːd |
| 鞨 | *ɡaːd, *ɢljad |
| 遏 | *qaːd |
| 齃 | *qaːd |
| 堨 | *qaːd |
| 擖 | *kʰreːd, *kraːd, *r'aːb |
| 楬 | *kʰraːd, *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 朅 | *kʰrad |
| 藒 | *kʰrad |
| 竭 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 碣 | *ɡrad, *ɡad |
| 羯 | *kad |
| 鍻 | *kad |
| 歇 | *qʰad |
| 蠍 | *qʰad |
| 謁 | *qad |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qaːds, *qaːd) : semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 謁 (OC *qad)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ǎi (ai$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): oi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǎi
*** Wade–Giles: ai$^3$
*** Yale: ǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ae
*** Palladius: ай (aj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: oi$^2$
*** Yale: ói
*** Cantonese Pinyin: oi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: oi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔːi̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'ajH, 'at
Rime :
| Character | 靄 | 靄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 泰 (25) | 曷 (63) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 於蓋切 | 烏葛切 |
| Baxter | 'ajH | 'at |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɑi$^H$/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɑi$^H$/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɑi$^H$/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔaj$^H$/ | /ʔat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔɑi$^H$/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɑi$^H$/ | /ɑt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔɑi$^H$/ | /ʔɑt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ài | e |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | oi$^3$ | ot$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qaːds/, /*qaːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 靄 | 靄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5013 | 5041 |
| Phonetic component | 曷 | 曷 |
| Rime group | 祭 | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 藹 | 遏 |
| Old Chinese | /*qaːds/ | /*qaːd/ |
| Notes | 見漢賦 | 見漢賦 |

### Definitions

靄
* mist; haze

### Compounds

* 晻靄 / 暗霭
* 暖靄 / 暖霭
* 杳靄 / 杳霭
* 煙靄 / 烟霭 (yān'ǎi)
* 瑞靄 / 瑞霭
* 碧靄 / 碧霭
* 窅靄 / 窅霭
* 篆靄 / 篆霭
* 雲靄 / 云霭 (yún'ǎi)
* 靄氣 / 霭气
* 靄靄 / 霭霭

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: あい (ai)、あち (achi)
* Kan-on: あい (ai)、あつ (atsu)
* Kun: もや (moya, 靄)

#### Compounds

* 靄(あい)靄(あい), 靄(あい)々(あい) (aiai)
* 靄(あい)気(き) (aiki)
* 靄(あい)然(ぜん) (aizen)
* 靄(あい)靆(たい) (aitai)
* 靄(あい)迺(だい) (aidai)
* 山(さん)靄(あい) (san'ai)
* 春(しゅん)靄(あい) (shun'ai)
* 水(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
* 翠(すい)靄(あい) (suiai)
* 晩(ばん)靄(あい) (ban'ai)
* 暮(ぼ)靄(あい) (boai)
* 杳(よう)靄(あい) (yōai)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 靄
* もや Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もや [móꜜyà] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mo̞ja̠]

#### Noun

靄(もや) • (moya)
* (meteorology, also figurative) mist

##### Derived terms

* もやもや (moyamoya)
* 靄(もや)る (moyaru)
* 朝靄(あさもや) (asamoya)
* 雨(あま)靄(もや) (amamoya)
* 薄(うす)靄(もや) (usumoya)
* 夕(ゆう)靄(もや) (yūmoya)

##### See also

* 霧(きり) (kiri, “fog”)
* 霞(かすみ) (kasumi, “mist, haze”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 靄
* あい Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 靄 (MC 'ajH).

#### Affix

靄(あい) • (ai)
* mist, haze
* mistiness, haziness

#### Proper noun

靄(あい) • (Ai)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

靄 • (ae) (hangeul 애, revised ae, McCune–Reischauer ae, Yale ay)
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